At least for now, I recommend against trying to wipe the SSD with Linux. In the vast majority of cases, simply taking ownership of the Users folder factually does work, and besides, even if it turns out that it does not work, then in the vast majority of cases you still don't need to walk the extra mile of booting into Linux to be able to Sanitize or Secure Erase the SSD. That's just because modern SSDs these days almost always let you Sanitize or Secure Erase the SSD by using the tool software that can be downloaded by going on the official product support webpage for the specific SSD model in question, on the website of the manufacturer of the SSD. To be able to Sanitize or Secure Erase the SSD, in some cases you first need to perform a PSID Revert to unlock the SSD, if it turns out that somehow it was locked by the OS or by some other application.
Yes, but he mentions I should use both RUFUS and LinuxLive...i would believe its either one or the other...
So its an ADATA Legend 740 1tb. SSD....Disk Manager shows 5 Partitions and i just wont make them merge or go away...It owuld be ideal if i can revert it to on big chunk of unallocated space.
Ive managed to copy the needed files using XCOPY, apparently it copies the file without the Permissions.
Yep. Looks like an error to me.
ADATA SSD Toolbox ?
The ADATA ToolBox requieres all partitions to be removed before running Security Erase. My exact problem is that there are 5 partitions that i cannot get rid off.Click on Download SSD Toolbox.Download | ADATA (United States)
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Also click on Download User Manual right next to it.
Just as a quick precaution, I would use the Drive Dashboard and the S.M.A.R.T. button to get a quick glimpse of the health condition of the SSD.
As another precaution, I would also go to Diagnostic Scan, select Quick Diagnostic Scan, then click on the Start button below it if possible.
After it detected no problems with the SSD, go to Utility, click on Security Erase. This will erase every block in the NAND flash memory chips, and, not only it will make the SSD faster, but also it will extend the life of the SSD.
Also on the Utility screen, click on Firmware Update, then if it turns out that a newer firmware is available for the SSD, proceed with the update.
Having the latest firmware on a SSD is a lot more important than many think; it helps to improve performance, stability, and longevity of the SSD.
The various options in System Optimization should not be needed, as Windows 11 already has enabled TRIM, and also Windows 11 already optimizes SSDs once per week by default, as part of the Windows Automatic Maintenance (WAM).
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The clean command will only mark the data on the disk as deleted, and will not zero (secure erase) the disk like the clean all command below.
The clean all command performs the same action as the clean command above, but includes to specify that each and every sector
on the disk is zeroed (secure erase), which completely deletes all data contained on the disk.
This will make the data on the disk unrecoverable.
It will take about an hour per 320 GB to finish running the "clean all" command on a disk.
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clean command from DISKPART successfully. Do NOT run the clean all command. On SSDs, running the clean all command from DISKPART does NOT ensure that all blocks in the NAND flash memory chips of the SSD will effectively be freed, as the only way to ensure this is by running the Security Erase procedure from the ADATA SSD ToolBox.clean all only results in writing more pages to the NAND for no good reason. The unnecessary writes that result from this action will shorten the lifespan of the SSD, and will do so for no good reason, because they are unnecessary. I.e., it doesn't erase the blocks. So, it also doesn't free any of the stale pages in them. It doesn't actually even ensure that sensitive data can no longer successfully be recovered from the SSD. Only the Sanitize/Secure Erase action can. As a result, running DISKPART clean all on a SSD factually is counter-productive.clean to comply with the "Please remove all of partitions before running Security Erase" notice. However, seeing as it does not let you do that, most likely your SSD is Security Locked, or 'frozen'. So, first, you need to find a way to 'defrost' it, as I am guessing that the SSD you have uses TCG Opal 2 for its Self-Encryption, and, for one reason or another, is currently Security Locked. 
